Yarn gleaning and fly collecting device foe yarn



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G. HAMIG. YARN CLEANING AND FLY COLLECTING DEVICE FOR YARN WINDINGMACHINES.

No. 468,055. Patented Feb. 2, 1892.

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0. HAMIG.

YARN OLEANING AND FLY UOLLEGTING DEVICE FOR YARN WINDING MAGHINES' No.468,055. Patented Feb. 2, 1892.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

CONRAD HAMIG, OF MUNICH, GERMANY.-

YARN-CLEANING AND FLY-COLLECTlNG DEVICE FOR YARN-WINDING MACHINES.

SEECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 468,055, dated February2, 1892.

....pplicati0n filed May '7,

Austria-Hungary September 25, 1889, No. 41,733 and No. 68,216 in GermanySeptember 27,

1890. Serial No. 350,875. (No model.) Patented in SwitzerlandSeptemher25, 1889, No. 1,420; in

1889, No. 52,256; in England October 8,1889, No.15,811; in Italy March31, 1890, XXIV, 27,095. and L111, 402; in Belgium May 12, 1890, No.90,532,

and in Spain 11111930, 1890,110. 10,976-

To to whom it may concern..-

Be it known that I, CONRAD HAMIG, a citizen of Switzerland, residing atMunich, in the Kingdom of Bavaria, Germany, have invented certain newand usefullmprovements in Yarn- Oleaning and Fly-Collecting Devices forYarn- Winding Machines, (for which I have obtained Letters Patent inSwitzerland, No. 1,420, of September 25, 1889; in Germany,No. 52,250, ofSeptember 27, 1889; in England, No. 15,811, of October 8,1889; inAustria-Hungary, No. 11,733, tome 40, folio 398, and No. (58,216, tome24, folio 303, of September 25, 1889, issued Februaryo, 1890; in Italy,XXIV, 27,095, and L111, 402, of March 31 1890; in Belgium, No. 90,532,of May 12, 1890, and in Spain, No. 10,976, of June 30,1890,) of whichthe following is a specification.

The object of this invention is a device for removing and collecting theimpurities and velvet dust occurring in the winding up of yarn andleading to interruptions in the winding and injury to the yarn and thearticles produced therefrom.

It is known that when winding the yarn upon the spools by guiding itover a brush or over a bead or bar covered with plush or other suitabledevice for the purpose of cleaning it and producing the requisitetension on the spools, a large amount of velvet dust mixed withimpurities is stripped off the yarn. This dust condensing into lumpsadheres to the brush or other device, and thereby comes in contact withand is partly taken along by the following parts of the threads. Thelatter becoming thus sticky and flocked, are frequently unable to passthe narrow slits of the thread-guides situated immediately in front ofthe bobbins and consequently break, unless this is prevented by theworkman assisting the passage of the thread, in order to save himselfthe trouble of knotting the broken parts; but in this case the looks orlumps get on the bobbin, which is more prejudicial to the machinery orto the appearance and quality of the subsequent fabric than a regularknot, and frequently the bobbins are thrown out of the shuttle inweaving. These and other inconveniences. connected with the condensingand flying about of the dust and impurities are intended to be obviatedby the improvements illustrated by the accompanying drawings, in which-Figure 1 is a partial front View, and Fig. 2 a partial side view, of theimproved mechanism, in combination with the other constituents of thewinding-frame, while Fig. 3 is a section along line M N, Fig. 1, showingthe object of the invention separately, drawn on an enlarged scale.

The illustrated contrivance essentially consists of a cleaning-roller A,its front or outer surface rotating in a direction opposite to thecourse of the yarn a roller-brush B, of metal Wires, provided behindsaid roller; a bristle brush 0, and fly-wheel D, rotating above thelatter.

The drawings show the parts described as being arranged on one side ofthe machine; but similar parts are to be applied to both the front andthe rear of the machine when the latter is double. The bobbins a aremounted on spindles a", driven by means of bands passing around thepulleys b in an ordiuarymanner. The lifting rail or bar 0, which carriesthe yarn-guides (Z, guide-rods e, and iiy-wheei D is connected tolifting-rods f at opposite ends of the machine. A strap 7L at each endof the machine is attached at one end to the hub g and at the other endto the lower end of the lifting-rod f. The hub g is fast to a pinion g,which meshes with and is actuated by a reciprocating rack 2'. The rollerA is rotated by the cord Z from the main wheel by means of the pulley K,secured on the shaft of said roller A. The fly-wheel having the bearingsm, connected with the bar 0, is actuated from the pulley a through thecord 0, carrying at the bottom the roll 7', charged with poises p andguided in grooves q for the purpose of insuring and compensating thetension connected with the upand-down movement of the parts 0, d, e, m,and D. The rotation of the roller A isopposed to the travel of the yarn,and that of the fly-Wheel D is such as to prevent the rising of the fewflocks that would otherwise rise and move toward the yarn-guides fromthe roller. The brush 0 rests at each end on a support .9, thebifurcated extremities of which embrace the 100 gradually-enlargingflocks, and reaching the roller-brush '13, they are stripped off andreceived by the latter. Consequently'the said brush, which, beingmovable in the hinges 25, so, bears with its own Weight on the roller asnot to impairtherevolution thereoflcontinuallyfrees thelatter of thevelvet dust, thus keeping clean the roller-surface above and in frontwhere it comes in contact with the yarn. The flocks accumulating belowgradually grow denserand harder till they fall down as a homogeneousmass and can be easily removed, as in this state no more dust is emittedtherefrom. Those flocks that have not yet assumed such consistency butstill adhere to the rollers and brush are every now and then removedafter turning back the brush, and the light and hardly-visible particlesof dust raised by the air or taken up by the threads are attracted bythe fly-wheel, which, when in its lowest position-that is to say, afterits downward movement-delivers the impurities and dust it has graduallycollected to the brush 0, so as to be cleaned prior to its return upwardand resume its Work.

\Vhen the machine is stopped, the rollerbrush can be removed by screwingoff the hinges t, and the brush 0 by lifting it out of the forks of thesupports for the purpose of subjecting them to a thorough cleaningprocess.

It is obvious that by the application of the improved device theenormous quantities of velvet dust that would otherwise be inj urious tomachinery and fabric are efficaciously dealt with, while at the sametime considerable economy of work and protection from accidents areinsured.

Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of thisinvention and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare thatwhat I claim is In winding-machines, the cleaning-roller A, incombination with the brush B, the flywheel D,means for moving saidfly-wheel D up and down, and the brush 0, substantially as set forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my invention I have signed myname in presence of two subscribing Witnesses.

C. HAMIG.

Witnesses:

EUGEN PUGEL, OAsPAR PEY.

